The Detroit Police Department
is the 10th largest police department in the nation.It has over 3,700 sworn
and civilian employees with an annual operating budget of over $414 million. The
Detroit Police Department is responsible for providing law enforcement service to more than 950,000 residents; over 10,000
businesses; and 258 schools in the city of Detroit, which spans 138.7 square miles.

Donna Wudyka was hired by the Detroit Police Department in 1987. She retired
from it, on a duty-related disability, in 1997. Donna Wudyka’s book is Shattered Badges, Broken Hearts: An Officer's Nightmare.The
book is the true-life account of a January 1996 officer-involved-shooting that claimed the life of police officer Patrick
Prohm.According to Donna Wudyka, her book, “describes the aftermath of
the shooting, and the hell that the City of Detroit put my partner and I through: Injustice, discrimination, harassment, numerous
violations of the union contract, embarrassment, and mental anguish. My partner and I thought the incident was traumatic enough.
Wait until you see what came after it.”